Garment-supporter.



M. E. L. BERGEN.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1913.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914-.

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UNITED s'rarns PATENT ornion.

MARY E. LORD BERGEN, 01" BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-SUPPORTEE'.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MARY E. LORD BER- cnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment supporters, and pertains especially to an attachment for hose supporters employing wedge loops, and cooperating loops and slide buttons.

The object of the invention is to provide a protector attachment, for clasps utilized for clamping hose and other apparel, which shall prevent the usual wear and tear of the hose or other article of wearing apparel, and which shall prevent the clamping loop from coming in contact with the hose or garment.

It is well known that articles of wearing apparel especially stockings become punctured, worn and torn by the constant application of the various hose or garment-holding loops and clamping-buttons, and that most of the material of which the stockings and other garments are composed is very thin and exceedingly fragile, so that the wedging of such material into the supporter-loop, or the insertion of a button with such material into such, loop, often impairs the hose or garment upon the first application of the loop.

It is, therefore, the purpose of this invention to over-come and obviate the said objections and disadvantages, and to provide an attachment for such loops and buttons whereby the stocking or other garment supported or clasped by such devices shall be preserved throughout the usefulness of the stocking or garment as an article of wearing apparel.

The invention consists in applying a textile or fabric material, strip, or ribbon to a hose-fastener in such manner and by such means so that such material will intervene or come between the fastener and the hose or other garment in attaching the supporter, and so that such ribbon, strip or material will have sufficient play or movement for entering a fastening loop and following the length of such loop without displacement. I am aware that the buttons of such fasteners have been padded and cushioned, and that it has been proposed to cushion or pad Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1913.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914:. Serial No. 792,132.

the inner edge of fastener-loops, but such devices do not accomplish the results attainable by my invention as will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings forming parts of this application: Figure 1 is an elevation showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view showing the position and condition of the parts when ready for fastening. Fig. 3 is a rear view. Fig. 4c is an enlarged sectional View showing the parts in fastened position. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the invention applied to a wedge fastener.

The same reference characters denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

"The protector is applicable to fasteners of various forms and for various purposes in connection with hose and garment supporters, but for the purpose of illustration and exemplification, I am employing two well known types of fasteners in common use, one of such fasteners comprising a looped frame 1, secured to webbing 2, which is duplicated in the usual way and connected with a supporting elastic 1 having a buckle 2 and attachable to a garment as usual. The frame 1 has an eye 3 and an elongation 4:, for a swinging button 5. The protector 6 is preferably composed of a ribbon or fancy material of the same color as the elastic for beauty and ornamentation. Such ribbon or material is preferably two-ply which may be formed by folding the ribbon as at 7, and stitching the ends together as at 8. It is necessary that the ribbon be of such length and width after folding as to comprise ample material for covering the button and the portion of the garment or stocking 9, to be fastened and to permit the button to be slid into the elongation for fastening. One end of the protector is secured to the bottom of the frame by stitching as at 10, and the other end is secured to the webbing by stitching as at 11, so as to leave a length portion between said secured ends for the purpose of being carried by the button into and out of locked or clamped position without severing the said secured ends.

In Fig. 5, the protector 12 is shown applied to a wedge fastener 18, commonly used on leg-encircling garters. In this appliance the upper end of the protector is stitched at 12" to the tOp of the loop 14, and the lower end of the protector is stitched at 11 to the bottom of the fastener so as to be grasped with the stocking and wedged into the slit or slot 15 of the fastener. This arrange ment of the protector while accomplishing the same results as the one hereinbefore described also covers the back of the fastener 13 and prevents the fastener from coming in contact with the flesh when long drawers are not worn.

it will be seen that the protector, in either form, is free to be inserted into the fastener with a portion of the hose or stocking; that the protector may be readily attached at the top either to the webbing or to the loop or to the metal frame; and that the clamped portion of the stocking is protected so that the farts-toner or holder does not come in con tact with the stocking, and by reason of such protection the stocking is not abrased, discolored or disfigured by the fastener or holder lying against the stocking in the usual way.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A hose protector for loop and buttonclasp garment supporters, comprising a clasp, a supporter webbing, a piece of textile material of greater length and width than the clasp and folded upon itself centrally lengthwise, the ends of the material being turned inwardly and stitched to the supporter webbing at the intersection of said webbing and the top of the clasp, and the folded portion of the material being stitched central thereof to the bottom of the clasp, so as to form a fullness in said material between the two secured ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of tw witnesses.

MARY E. LORD BERGEN.

Witnesses ANNIE E. h lnnnrr'r, AUoUsrUs H. Mnnnrrr.

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